Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban

Mongabay
Jan 25, 2018, 4:37 am228 pts
JAKARTA — Indonesia has eased off from the full enforcement of a ban on fishing using a controversial type of dragnet known as a seine, following protests by fishermen. Under a 2015 regulation from the country’s fisheries ministry, the use of a particular type of seine known locally as cantrang was deemed…

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